Reversible blank for stamp-mounts.



H. S. FOLGER.

REVERSIBLEBLANK FOR STAMP MOUNTS.

APPLICATION FILED OCT. 0, I9 l4- 1,142,562. Patented Jund 8, 1915.

- HARR S. ronena, or CHICAGO, ILLINOIS. v

REVERSIBLE BLANK r03 s'rAMr-MoUNTs. I

To all whom it mac concern Be it known that I, HARRY S. FOLGER, a citizen of the United States of America, and a resident of Chicago, county of Cook, and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Reversible Blanks for Stamp-Mounts, of which the following is a specification. I

My invention relates to reversible blanks for stamp mounts, and has for its object the production of a sheet metal blank which may be bent in either of two ways to form either of two different kinds of stamp mount, both of which would havea card-holding flange on which maybe secured a printed slip to indicatethe character of the stamp secured to the mount.

In the accompanying drawings Figure l is a plan of the blank which is stamped from sheet metal and which subsequently may be bent to form either kind of mount; Fig. 2 is a side elevation of a plain mount formed from the blank and having the stamp, hand and indicating card attached thereto; Fig. 3 is a side elevation of a cushion holding mount formed from the blank and having a cushion, a stamp, a handle and an indicating card attached thereto; Fig. lis an enlarged transverse section on line 4-4 of Fig. 2;

and Fig. 5 is an enlarged transverse section on line 5-5 of Fig. 3.

In Fig. 1, A is a rectangular plate having its corners cut out as shown at a. As so formed the space inclosed by the dotted lines 7 connecting the adjacent reentrant angles represents the surface to which is to be connected the stamp or the cushion which lies between the stamp and the mount. Or, described in a different way, that part of the plate A which is bounded by the dotted lines is a rectangle having rectangular lips B, C, D and E projecting from its four edges. The lips B, C and D are of the same width, which width is preferably a trifle less than the thickness of the cushion to be used when the mount is to be used as a cushion holding mount. The fourth lip E is somewhat wider than the other lips, the width being determined by the desired width of the printed slip to be held by it.

In forming the mount shown in Fig. 1, the lips B, C, and D are bent, along the adjacent dotted lines, to a position perpendicular to the main body of the blank so that these three lips form three sides of a boX, the main bodyof the blank Specification of Letters Patent.

.thin metal 'forthe mount.

from the blank PatentedJune ,1915.

A plication filed. 0ctober10,1914. Serial No. 865,994.

fourth side ofthe box, or in the opposite direction to form a flange perpendicular to the main body. In the firstscase the mount is a mount for receiving a plain stamp on the side of the plate A opposite the flanges.

(Figs. 2 and A). In the second case a cushion is secured inside of the box and the stamp is secured to the lower face of the cushion. (Figs. 3 and 5).

In the center of the blank A is an oval or r flat sided hole F. An ordinary wood screw G, flattened on the stem adjacent to the head, is then forced into this hole, andthe handle II is mounted upon the screw. In the mount for a plain stamp, the handle H is located inside of a four-sided box, as shown in Fig. A. In the mount for a cushion stamp, the handle is located on the back of a three sided gox, ghe fourth side being open as shown in In Fig. 1 the dotted line separating the lip E from the mainv body A is shown slightly removed from the corners of the adjacent rentrant angles a. This is to indicate that the line of bend for the lip E is slightly removed from the corners a so that when this lip forms the fourth side of a box there will be a small space K (Fig. 4) be-' otherwise, to the body A opposite the handle II. In Fig.4, this connection is direct. In-

the upwardly projecting 7 Figs. 3 and 5, a cushion T is inserted between the stamp and the body A.

In mounts of this character, a card holding flange E, or its equivalent, is a desirable thing. In the arrangement shown in Fig. 4:, the flanges B, C and D are simply stiflening flanges which makes it possible to use flanges B, C and'D are not only stiffening flanges but are sides of a'boX for containing the cushion T. A cushion not at all inclosed would be-liable-to dislodgment, but a cushion inclosedonthree sides is, sufficiently secure for all ordinary purposes.

What I claim is 1 In Fig.5, the.

I .1, In a blank for a stamp mount consisting of a rectangular piece of sheet metal having integral lips or flanges extending from the edges thereof, 'threeof said flanges being of the same Width and the fourth flange being of greater Width than the other flanges.

2. A flange for a-stamp mount consisting of a rectangular piece of sheet metal having corners a removed therefrom to produce projecting lips Which may be bent into flanges perpendicular to the main body of the blank, one of said projecting lips being of a diflerent Width from the other three lips.

3. A. blank for a stampmount consisting of a rectangular piece of sheet metal having 15 lips Which may be bent up to form the ,four

with a center hole F for the reception of a 20 handle-holding screw.

Signedat Chicago, Illinois this 8th day of October 1914.

HARRY S. FOLGER.

V WVitnesses:

JAMEs C REDFIELD,

WALTER, H. REDFIELD.

(fopies of thispatentvmay be obtained for. five cents each; by: addressing the f Commissioner of Patents.

Washington, D. G. 

